英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
Turn
(n.)
The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about,
a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.
Turn
(n.)
Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order,
position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn
of the tide.
Turn
(n.)
One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of
occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend;
a meander.
Turn
(n.)
A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it
began; a short walk; a stroll.
Turn
(n.)
Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with
another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or
incidental occasion; appropriate time.
Turn
(n.)
Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of
kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.
Turn
(n.)
Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not
serve his turn.
Turn
(n.)
Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; -- used in a literal or
figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as,
the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation.
Turn
(n.)
A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring
symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad
turn.
Turn
(n.)
A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called
from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which
was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given.
Turn
(n.)
A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a
pin or a cleat.
Turn
(n.)
A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
Turn
(n.)
A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every
hundred within his county.
Turn
(n.)
Monthly courses; menses.
Turn
(n.)
An embellishment or grace (marked thus, /), commonly
consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made,
with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being
sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last,
the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked
note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in
which case the sign is either placed on end thus /, or drawn thus /.
Turn-buckle
(n.)
A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a
swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.
Turn-buckle
(n.)
A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the
end of a chain, or a hasp.
Turn-out
(n.)
The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops,
etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing
increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.
Turn-out
(n.)
A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied
by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a
siding; a switch.
Turn-out
(n.)
That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited;
hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said
to have a fine turn-out.